Entries down for outback stockhorse race

Organisers of a unique horse race in Queensland's south-west say it will go ahead tomorrow, despite a shortage of entries.

The second Pride of the West event is being held at Quilpie, involving station and stockhorses racing over 400 metres.

This year's event was to be held in September but was postponed due to rain.

Jack Barnes from the Quilpie Diggers Race Club says it only has about 20 horses entered because now most graziers and pastoral companies are busy with cattle work.

"A lot of our western stations can't get horses in because a lot of our stations are all flat now trying to get bullocks off because of the wet weather that's held them up so late, but we've got enough horses to make it interesting," he said.

"Like Nappa Merrie haven't turned any bullocks off at all this year - they haven't been able to get them and those sort of stations are the ones that usually make our event very good."